John J. Joubert, the Children's Killer

In the 80s, the state of Nebraska would live a nightmare due to the disappearance and subsequent murder of several children. John J. Joubert was the name of this nightmare.

The Behavioral Sciences Unit (BSU), created in 1972 within the FBI, would resolve this case. Robert Ressler would be in charge of analyzing all the information in the case and offering a psychological profile to researchers. It would not be wrong, John J. Joubert would finally be captured.

Content

• Various murders in common
• Robert Ressler's psychological profile
• Hunting the Children's Killer
  • John J's childhood and adolescence. Joubert
  • Expert reports on John J. Joubert
  • Resources

Various murders in common

The first murder occurred on August 23, 1982. Richard 'Ricky' Stetson, an 11 -year -old boy, was killed in the city of Portland. The attacker at first tried to undress Ricky, but given the impossibility of doing so, He ended up stabbing him and strangling him.

The murderer's teeth were marked in Ricky's body.

It was September 18, 1983 when Danny Joe Eberle, 13, woke up early to start the newspaper cast. It was by bike to a groceries where he collected the newspapers that he had to bend and distribute on his usual route. But At seven in the morning of that day, the Supervisor of Danny's route began receiving calls from people from the neighborhood who claimed that the newspaper had not arrived.

Danny's body was found two and a half days after his kidnapping, in some bushes about six kilometers from the place where the newspapers and the bicycle that Danny used to distribute the newspapers were found. There were no fight signs. Danny had simply disappeared.

The public had been told that Danny had been killed with a knife, but the details were much more horrible. His body was face down, with his hands and feet tied behind his back with a rope, and he had tape in his mouth. Had multiple white weapon wounds in the chest and back, He had been slaughtered, and had been sectioned a piece of shoulder meat. In the left thigh there were some wounds Post mortem, And besides, he had hit him in the face and in the whole body. He only put his underpants, but he had not been sexually assaulted in any way.

Only three months later, on December 2, 1982, Christopher Walden disappeared in Papillion (Nebraska), When I was walking to school. It was last seen climbing a car with a white male. Three days later, they would find Christopher's naked body, just with a underpant like Danny's. Had been stabbed and almost beheaded.

Although the crimes were similar, differences were observed. The pattern of the post -mortem wounds of Christopher indicated that the sadistic knives of the murderer were increasing.

Robert Ressler's psychological profile

The behavior sciences unit was created in 1972 within the FBI. This unit was made up of very relevant authors in the field of criminal psychological profile, such as John Douglas or Robert Ressler.

Robert K. Ressler was required in the case of Danny Eberly to help in the capture of the murderer. Once he analyzed all the murder of Danny Eberly, he offered a profile to the researchers, some of the details included are those shown below:

• It must be a White male, about twenty years old. The people had a white population and one person from another ethnicity would be remembered.
• His crimes showed that it was a young person. He had abandoned Danny's body at a short distance from a road.
• He thought that I had to meet the victim. If the force had used, Danny would not have risen to the car and caused a stir.
• The murderer was not an stranger or someone who passed by chance. Most likely, he lived in the area, since the place where he left the bodies required some familiarity with the environment.
• Single and without studies beyond high school. Maybe it was Unemployed or had a low category or non -specialized job.
• Without real sexual experience and spoiled with a couple of their own age, whether male or female. I would suffer strange fantasies in which you mix sexuality with violence. In addition, I would add: "With total security, the main aggressor has had chronic sexual problems throughout his life, which indicates deviant and strange experiences."

The psychological profile was very extensive and detailed. Just missing a name: John J. Joubert.

Hunting the Children's Killer

On January 11, 1984, a preschool teacher alerted the police to denounce that he had seen a young man who was driving in the area. When the driver realized that the teacher was scoring her tuition, she stopped and threatened her before fleeing. 

The car was rented in the name of John J. Joubert, a radar technician enlisting at the Air Force Offutt base.

Immediately after a registration order would be issued. Inside their bedroom they found pieces of strings and a knife that directly linked to John J. Joubert with Danny and Walden's crimes.

Subsequently, they would relate it to Ricky's murder, which occurred in 1992, which took place while John J. Joubert lived in that area, before joining the Air Force. When comparing bite marks it was shown that John J. Joubert was responsible for his death.

John J's childhood and adolescence. Joubert

John J's life. Joubert was thoroughly investigated. Although most of it entered the canons of apparent normality, Yes, instead, a clear process could be detected that was pushing it towards the murder from early childhood.

John J. Joubert was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on July 2, 1963. His parents divorced when he was ten years old, more or less at the same time when his son had his first violent fantasy (related to murder and cannibalism). He will stay with his mother, with whom he moved to Maine.

At school I didn't go well, then He had problems with his classmates, who continuously mocked him. John J. Joubert would confess later that he believed that his teammates thought he was homosexual and hence the teasing.

Expert reports on John J. Joubert

Several mental health professionals who interviewed him agreed that he was an intelligent man (CI 125), spocked and very satisfied with being the center of attention. He was diagnosed with a schizoid personality disorder with compulsive features.

When the trials ended in Maine and Nebraska, years later, Robert Ressler was able to interview him in prison.

Finally, John J. Joubert would be Executed on July 17, 1996 in the electric chair, accused of the three murders of Richard Stetson, Danny Eberle and Christopher Walden.

Resources

• "Forensic Files" Ties That Bind (TV Episode 1999). (1999, November 17). IMDB.
• Prats, j. (2003, May 15). El País: The Global Newspaper. The Paí s.